Sole-edge-finishing tool



(No Model.)

B. B. STIMPSON.

SOLE EDGE FINISHING TOOL. No.270,148. r Patented Ja.1 1.2, 188B;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.EDWIN B. STIMPSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SOLE-ED GE-FlNlSHlNG TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,148. dated January 2, 1883. Application filed October 13, 1882. (No model.)

finishing tool which comprises a stock, a handle to which the stock is secured, and a piece adjustable-in the stock and adapted to he secured in different positions therein to form a fore-part tool for different thicknesses of soles.

The invention consistsin novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed outdn the claims.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved tool. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 represents a side view of the round piece removed from the stock.

Similar letters of reference designate correspondin g parts in all the figures.

A designates the stock, one edge or face, a, of which is smooth and adaptedto serve as a heel-burnisher, and at the ends of the face which forms the heel-burnisher are formations b or grooves of peculiar shape, which adapt the tool for usein finishing the shanks of boots and shoes and take the. place of two shankirons.

Through the stock A is formed a hole, a, and in said hole is fitted a round piece, B,ofstee1 which is adapted to be turned freely in the stock without removing it therefrom, and also adjusted lengthwise therein, so that its ends will project more or less therefrom. This round piece hasat one end a lip or flange, d, which is formed integral with it, and at the other end it may have a similar lip or. flange, d. In the latter case the last-mentioned lip or flange should be capable of removal to enable the round piece to be inserted into and withdrawn from the stock when desirable. As here shown, the lip or flange d is formed integral with a screw, d which enters a tapped hole, d in the end of the roundpiece, as shown in Fig. 2.

G designates the handle of the tool, which has extending through it a. rod, J, secured therein'by a Bid, e. At the end of the rod 0 is formed a screw, f, which screws into a tapped hole, f, in the stock A, and is adapted to impinge against the round piece B, and thereby retain it in place. In the round piece B are formed four recesses or cavities, 9, three of \vhichare shown in Fig. 3, and into which the conical end of the screwf may enter, as shown in Fig. 2. By means of these recesses or cavities g the projection of the ends of the round piece B from the stock are definitely fixed. For example, when the round piece is secured in the position shown in Fig. 2 one end projects farther from the stock than the other end, and adapts the tool for two thicknesses ofsole. By turning the piece one quarter of aturn and again tightening the screwfthetoolis adapted for two other thicknesses ofsole, and so on un til the piece B has been turned entirely round. It will therefore be seen that by turning and adjusting the round piece B lengthwiseladapt the tool for eight thicknesses of sole and dispense with the separate fore-part tools commonly employed.

In the round piece B arefiled small grooves '71., which are so placed that when the round piece is secured by the screw. f entering any one of the recesses g the grooves h on the op posite side of the piece B will be flush with the projections i on the opposite faces of the stock, as shown in Fig.2. Thesesmall grooves form what is known as the crease at or near the lower edge of the sole. The flanges or lips d d have notches j in their edges, by which they are divided into four equal parts, and each part is adapted to form a guard and set round the stitch or upper edge of the fore part.

" Close to each lip or flange is the usual fillet, k, which forms the ordinary rabhet-like crease on the upper edge of the fore part.

By removing the lip or flange d the piece B may be taken out and another piece having its recesses g and grooves h so placed as to adapt it for ladies shoes may be inserted.

Instead of the piece B being adapted for eight thicknesses of fore part, itmight he adapt ed for ten or more thicknesses by dividing its I circumference into five or more parts, or for only six thicknesses by dividing its circumferences into only three parts.

The round piece B might have a lip or flange on one end only, in which case it would not be adapted for so many different thicknesses of fore part. 4

If desirable, the tool might be used only for a fore-part iron fOIdllffBX'BUU thicknesses of sole, and in such'case the stock A would not be provided with the heel-burnisher a and shank formations b.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-- 1. The combination of the stock A, the round piece B, capable of being turned in the stock without being removed from the stock, and having the lip or flange at one or both ends,

and the recesses g, and the handle 0, and its screwf, which serves as a means of attaching the handle to the stock and for securing the round piece in place in the stock, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination of the stock A, the piece 13, provided with the lips or flanges d d, having notchesj, and also provided with the recesses g and grooves h. and. the handle 0, with its screwf, substantially as described.

EDWIN B. STIMPSON.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, ED. L. MORAN. 

